Independence Day will be on Friday, July 4, and as with many holidays, transit services will be limited. Please see the listing below to see what level of service that each transit district will operate. Normal Weekday-Level Service: TECOline Streetcar Line – Note: Operating hours may be adjusted accordingly to allow customers to use the streetcar line toContinueContinue reading “Holiday Transit Services for Independence Day – July 4, 2014”
Category Archives: Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART)
April, 2014 Transit Ridership Report
It’s that time again…time to report on transit ridership for the previous month…well, for this post, it will be April’s numbers. May’s numbers are just beginning to be released internally, but won’t be available for public access until the end of June. During the month of April, Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART) and the PinellasContinueContinue reading “April, 2014 Transit Ridership Report”
Memorial Day 2014 Holiday Transit Schedules
Memorial Day will be on May 26, 2014, and as with many holidays, transit services will be limited. Please see the listing below to see what level of service that each transit district will operate. Normal Weekday-Level Service: Florida TECOline Streetcar Line (Tampa) Virginia WATA (Williamsburg) Saturday-Level Service: Virginia HRT – All Modes (Norfolk/Hampton) Sunday-Level Service: FloridaContinueContinue reading “Memorial Day 2014 Holiday Transit Schedules”
March, 2014 Transit Ridership Report
Your first reaction to this post may very well be…”You’re late”. However, I am late in posting the March, 2014 transit ridership report for a good reason; Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART) and the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) did not publish blog posts during the month of April to highlight their ridership stats forContinueContinue reading “March, 2014 Transit Ridership Report”
HART On Franklin Ticket Office – Part 1
For many years, Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART) has had a small ticketing and customer service office along a storefront on Franklin St in downtown Tampa, near the Tampa Police Department building. Officially called HART on Franklin this office primarily caters to downtown workers who utilize transit to get to and from work. The office sellsContinueContinue reading “HART On Franklin Ticket Office – Part 1”
Summer 2014 Transit News You Can Use
Summer is just around the corner! Which means if you live along the coast, it’s time to prep those beach supplies! In Virginia Beach and Tampa Bay, you can easily take public transit to the beach and relax! Want to let the kids hang out with friends without sacrificing time and gas? You can do thatContinueContinue reading “Summer 2014 Transit News You Can Use”
Planned Modifications to HART Route 51X
Back in January, I wrote a post about how HART may want to consider looking into re-routing Route 51X to run along the I-4/Selmon Connector, even if the likelihood of such a change was low. Well, in the past couple days, I’ve been made aware of a proposal being worked on for possibly the November, 2014ContinueContinue reading “Planned Modifications to HART Route 51X”
Friday Rewind – The HART fixed-route neighborhood connector
It’s been several months since my last Friday Rewind post, and during the period of time that I didn’t post anything, I decided to start looking at either revising the scope of what I would cover in the series, or scrap the series altogether. During this time, I was able to gain some inspiration from Zac ZieglerContinueContinue reading “Friday Rewind – The HART fixed-route neighborhood connector”
Earth Day 2014!
Until now, I’ve never really done any blog posts about Earth Day, yet I used to always do something “Green” for Earth Day back when I was in elementary and middle school. In this post, I will highlight some things that various public transit districts are doing to make every day of the year EarthContinueContinue reading “Earth Day 2014!”
My experience using HART for Tampa’s AirFest
This past March, I had the opportunity to use the HART bus system during the Tampa Bay AirFest at MacDill Air Force Base. I specifically got to use the Route 4 “shuttle” service, which ran every 15 minutes on a modified route throughout the day on March 22nd and 23rd. Using HART during this eventContinueContinue reading “My experience using HART for Tampa’s AirFest”
The Global Transit Guidebook 